Thursday, April 7, 2011

• Sometimes disaster does strike – Situations happens that are out of your control

• Because you have a friend – You don’t even have to go to family members for assistance

• If you have any type of relationship with someone - There will be conflict

• You must be conflict resolution minded in your relationships – You should work through them and not run from them

• Three things you need to know about conflict:1. Conflicts always have a cure• There is a resolution, there is peace – There is something that God can bring to cure your marital problems and your interpersonal relationships

2. You can not correct what you are not willing to confront• Your graduation or you going to the next level will never happen until you confront the situation

3. You can not correct what you are not willing to confront• You can not help everybody – Even God can not help a person when they are not willing to change

• If the person does not respect the God-Wisdom in you – They will never accept your counsel and you can not help someone who will not receive you

• Here are six Health benefits of Friendship: 1. Increases your sense of belonging and purpose• The world does everything it can to keep you isolated and separated

2. It boost your happiness• There are forces fighting against your happiness – God has an antidote called “a friend”

3. Friendship reduces stress• One of the biggest killers today is stress – Most of the diseases people are receiving is out of stress

4. Improves your self-worth• A good friend just makes you feel better about your self

5. Decreases the risk of serious Mental Illness• Psychology Today, states that one out of three people are dealing with some level of Mental Illness – A friend will reduces those issues• 6. Helps you weather the trauma of Divorce, Serious Illness, Job Lost or Death of a Loved One• God designed a full-proof situation to help you through the times when you are hurting the most – God designed friendships

• God has brought friends into your life to help you be a better person

• They have something to add to you – Can you receive it?

• Do you recognize the value your friends are to you?

• The devil fights so hard against you having friendships and relationships

• He does not want you to be sharpened to the level that you can be a serious weapon against the works of the enemy out in the world

• God wants to sharpen you – But it’s not going to be by yourself

• It will be because you learned how to build relationships and listen to them

• God brings you a gift – That gift is called a friend

• You can not get to where you want to go without receiving the wisdom of that friend

• You must come to the place in your life that you recognize the value of friendships

• If you don’t recognize the value or learn to receive wisdom from friendships

• You will always be flipping and flopping in your pursuit of happiness, greatness, and your prosperity – Because you don’t know how to protect your friendships

• There is a connection between friends, a chemistry – An aroma that is released and goes up to God when friends come together

• The same thing happens with churches – God brings you to a church where the “Man of God” can help you

• There is a releasing of the DNA of the “Man of God” into your life – This is all done to help you move up

• Don’t allow the enemy to cause you to get into offense and make you leave the place where you received your DNA

• You must fight off anything that comes against your relationships and friendships